| The manufacturing industry is currently experiencing | | | | processes, increased inventory turns, and real time |
| tremendous return-on-investment after applying Lean | | | | visibility of suppliers and manufacturing partners. |
| and Six Sigma solutions, including tools such as | | | | “The U.S. Navy contract represents a new |
| Electronic kanban (e-kanban) which is an automated | | | | market for Datacraft Solutions,” said Stephen |
| “pull” system for filling material requirements | | | | Parker, CEO of Datacraft Solutions, Inc. Parker |
| while reducing overall inventory. | | | | continued, “The company looks forward to an |
| The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Supply | | | | expanding opportunity for its supply chain |
| Management Department Midwest, Crane, Indiana | | | | management solutions to other branches of the US |
| (SMDMW) announced that it was seeking to improve | | | | military and demonstrating that supply chain |
| inventory management and overall supply chain | | | | management is a critical element to the deployment |
| efficiency for customers within the Crane Division, | | | | equipment and supplies. This application of Datacraft's |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center. "We are looking | | | | leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) Signum and |
| forward to working with Datacraft Solutions to | | | | Curator feature products demonstrates that our |
| improve inventory management and overall supply | | | | solutions can be successfully deployed in an |
| chain efficiency for customers within the Crane | | | | anywhere/anytime supply chain visibility |
| Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center." stated | | | | requirement.” |
| Captain Fulton, NAVSUP, FISCN Supply Chain | | | | Datacraft Solutions’ CFO Tim Briggs noted, |
| Management Department Midwest. | | | | “Datacraft Solutions delivers a revolutionary digital |
| To accomplish the goal of improving supply chain | | | | kanban process of automation solutions to lean |
| effectiveness and implementing a demand driven | | | | manufacturers through a secure Internet gateway, |
| supply chain network solution and lean tools system, | | | | eliminating the need to install and maintain a complex |
| SMDMW awarded Datacraft Solutions ( a contract to | | | | IT infrastructure. The company has experienced |
| optimize their current supply chain processes within | | | | significant growth in the past twelve months by |
| the Microwave Systems Department | | | | eliminating complicated, expensive, time-intensive |
| Other SMDMW requirements mandated that the | | | | software implementations as well as extensive |
| system selected be completely free of any type of | | | | training regiments and the need for internal support. |
| software load, except those approved by the Navy | | | | The Datacraft Solutions' replenishment supply chain |
| and Marine Corps Information System (NMCI). This | | | | digital kanban lean system allows customers access |
| requirement meant that the information system | | | | and fully utilize powerful lean benefits immediately for |
| service must be Web integrated as well as having a | | | | a low, predictable monthly fee. Services are scalable |
| proven and demonstrable performance record among | | | | so manufacturers can design an appropriate digital |
| industrial users of providing positive ROI, excess | | | | kanban solution. |
| inventory reduction, simplified replenishment | | | | |